Dyeing-machine.



J. HUSSONG. DYEING MACHINE. APPLIOATIOR FILED MAY z, 1907.

J. HUSSONG. DYETNG MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1901.

.Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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Oy. ojm( bri JOSEPH Hessens, or ear/mnu, NEW Jniisnr.

D'YEING-MACHINE.

Specification o Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18,1913.

Application led May 2, 1907. Serial No. 371,378.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be :it known that I, Josnrn HUssoNe, a:

citizen of the Uni-ted States, residing in Camden, New Jersey, haveinvented certain Improvements in Dyeing-Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in circulating means fordyeing machines, having for its object the provision of circulatingwheels so mounted that they will be entirely under the surface of thesolution in the dye vat and so arranged that the dye liquor will bethoroughly mixed at each complete circulation. This object I attain inthe following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings;in which2- Figure l, is a plan view ci part of a dye vat illust ating myimproved circu,

lating means, the slats and sticks being omitted. Fig. 2, is a verticalsection on the line QMQ, Fig. 1, of a complete dye vat, and Fig. 3, is atransverse vertical section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Inl the above drawings A is the dye vat in which is a vertical partitiona situated near one end of the vat and separating the circle latingchamber A -from the chamber A2 for receiving the material to be dyed. Azigzag partition B separates the circulating chamber A into twocompartments a and a2 and consists as shown in Fig. 3, ot two verticalsections b-J), two oppositely inclined sections b at each end and acentral section o2 formed with its members inclined as shown. There areopenings in each verti cal section om?) for the reception of thecirculating wheels C-C, which are mounted on a transverse shaft D, andthe blades c of each circulating wheel are preferably set in oppositedirections so that the liquor will be drawn through the sections o inthe direction indicated by the arrows. The. two currents -from each sideof the cir/,ulating chamber come together at the center in the lowerhalf of the chamber t2 and thoroughly mix, one with the other, so thatwhen they pass under the partition a and into the dye ing chamber A2they are in proper condition to come in contact with the material to bedyed. It is to be noted that this circulation and stirring of the dyeliquor takes place each time it makes the complete circuit of the tank.

The shaft D is mounted in bearings Zwet provided with stutling boxes dshaped in the ordinary manner and packed so as t0 prevent escape of dyeliquor. 0n the end of the shaft in the present instance are two i'astpulleys eme and a loose pulley e2 so arranged that a straight. and across belt may be used. The object oit this construction is to permitthe direction of the rotation of the shaft to bercverscd so as to causethe dye liquor to flow lirst in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 3, andthen by shifting the belts, the direction of rotation of the shaft canbe reversed so that the direction of llow of liquor will also bereversed. This is very essential in certain types of machines and iscompletely set lorth and claimed in my Patent No. 822,844, dated June 5,1906.

VWhile I have shown the sections 1) and b2 of the partition B inclinedso as to direct the flow of the liquor in the circulating cham.- ber,they may be arranged horizontally without departing ilrom the essentialfeatures of the im'ention.

ln order that the circulation may be as com plete as possible and tothoroughly miic the liquor in the dyeA vat, I preferably ar range theperforattal bottom in the form oi' slats a? as shown in iiig. 2, and Ialso make the perforated top at above the yarn in the same manner. 'theslats in the bottom oft the vat are made in independent sections and theslats et each section are arranged on edge, as shinvn, being spaced agiven distance apart so as to allow for the circulation oil. the liquorand yet prevent the yarn passing through the openings between the slats.,By arranging the slats on edge it is possible Jfor them to be maderelatively narrow as they can be of any depth desired.

ln making the sections of slats I prefer-- ably space the slats byblocks o6 and then run bolts through the several slats and blocks,eountcrsinking the heads and nuts of the bolts so that one section canbe placed close to another, the openings between the slats throughoutthe entire vat being the same.

The upper slats are mounted on the yarn carrying iti-ame and arearranged in substantially the same manner as described in connectionwith the slats a.

The frame I consists of side members carrying sticks a5 and uprights z'to which the hoisting mechanism 1s attached :-the uprights being,however, illustrated in Fig. 2 as broken away.

Under operating conditions, the dye liq-

